Ms. Erin's Spelling List 2/2/09
2 of 6 Jobs of Final silent E
1. No English word ends in the letter v. You must add a silent e to protect
“chicken letter” v.
starve
solve
swerve
serve
move
prove
2. Final /s/ = se after most consonants or a double vowel in the last syllable of a
base word.
else
pulse
sense
rinse
glimpse
goose
geese
e/lapse
re/morse
1. No English word ends in the letter v. You must add a silent e to protect
“chicken letter” v.
starve
solve
swerve
serve
move
prove
2. Final /s/ = se after most consonants or a double vowel in the last syllable of a
base word.
else
pulse
sense
rinse
glimpse
goose
geese
e/lapse
re/morse
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